commerce
1. [ noun ] (business) transactions (sales and purchases) having the objective of supplying commodities (goods and services)
Synonyms: commercialism mercantilism
Related terms: transaction trade commercial_enterprise selling payment distribution trading importing traffic evasion initial_public_offering marketing exporting exchange carriage_trade transportation sell buy deal shop trade trade import export market smuggle transact sell_out pick_up trade take pawn foist_off retail usance market wholesale retail arbitrage deal broker trust turn_over barter_away stock market clear get antique comparison-shop shop deaccession resell remainder turn sell_short franchise impulse-buy traffic negociate auction realize commercialize commercial noncommercial
2. [ noun ] (government) the federal department that promotes and administers domestic and foreign trade (including management of the census and the patent office); created in 1913
Synonyms: Department_of_Commerce doc Commerce_Department
Related terms: executive_department national_weather_service patent_office national_oceanic_and_atmospheric_administration technology_administration Bureau_of_the_Census
3. [ noun ] social exchange, especially of opinions, attitudes, etc.
Related terms: conversation
Similar spelling:   commercial
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